Jonathan Dayton

Jonathan Dayton (16 October 1760-9 October 1824) was a member of the US House of Representatives from New Jersey's at-large district from 4 March 1791 to 3 March 1799, and a US Senator from 4 March 1799 to 3 March 1805, succeeding Richard Stockton and preceding Aaron Kitchell. He was a member of the Federalist Party.

Biography
Jonathan Dayton was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey in 1760, and he was classmates with Alexander Hamilton while studying at the local academy. In 1775, he left college to fight in the American Revolutionary War, and he fought at the Battle of Brandywine, the Battle of Germantown, in the Sullivan Expedition, and at the Siege of Yorktown. After the war, he opened his own law practice, and he served in the Continental Congress and attended the Constitutional Convention, during which he was the youngest delegate. He served in the New Jersey state legislature before serving in the US House of Representatives from 1791 to 1799 and in the US Senate from 1799 to 1805, serving as a member of the Federalist Party. He supported the Louisiana Purchase and invested in the settlement of Ohio, and the city of Dayton was named for him. However, his association with Aaron Burr, who plotted to conquer parts of the Southwest, led to his political career being ended. He died in 1824.